Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of motor tax returns being kept as part of the central funding pool. [43218/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Income from Motor Tax currently accrues to the Local Government Fund. The Fund has historically provided local authorities with finance for funding some of their day-to-day activities, including elements of water services costs, through General Purpose Grant allocations; for non-national roads; and funding for certain local government initiatives. As a result of the introduction of Local Property Tax in 2013 and the establishment of Irish Water, the local government funding model has changed considerably in 2014. The following tables show the change in Local Government Fund income and expenditure from 2013 to 2014.

Income